Today we celebrate American independence with grilled meats, explosions and booze. This holiday weekend is also a pretty good time to buy a car. You will find plenty of dealerships with inflatable Uncle Sams or bald eagles (please someone find me a picture of this) promising "explosive deals!" »7/04/14 6:19pm 7/04/14 6:19pm

Marketing company Brand Keys surveys thousands of people every year, to rate companies on 35 different "values." One of those is "patriotism," not in terms of where the a company actually makes things or employs people, but purely how "American" they appear in public perception. Only two automakers made the top 25. »7/04/14 4:00pm 7/04/14 4:00pm

Happy Fourth of July from Truck Yeah! You're liable to see all kinds of cool old iron roaming around today and this weekend, so grab some pictures and share 'em with us here! »7/04/14 2:01pm 7/04/14 2:01pm

Here's your handy-dandy collection of all the Foodspins you'll need in order to put together a cookout good enough to stave off total abandonment by all of your loved ones for at least another 32 hours or so. We'll update this occasionally with new cookout-appropriate stuff. In the meantime, get cookin'. Readin'. … »9/02/13 8:23am 9/02/13 8:23am

If you were curious exactly how much fireworks fun you're legally allowed to have tomorrow—or how far you'll have to travel to buy the good stuff—look no further than this handy map of state-by-state fireworks legality. UPDATED:»7/04/10 10:45am 7/04/10 10:45am